{"id":1348,"date":"2009-11-05T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T18:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2009-11-05T14:46:49","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T18:46:49","slug":"skilled-advocates-make-a-good-fit-with-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/skilled-advocates-make-a-good-fit-with-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Skilled Advocates Make a Good Fit with Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Skilled%20Advocates%20Make%20a%20Good%20Fit%20with%20Families\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;float:left\" title=\"Advocate at IEP Meeting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/meeting.success.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" \/>Want to become an advocate or fine tune your advocacy skills?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s never too late to catch up on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/09\/summer.school.advocates.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Summer School for Advocates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> at<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/09\/summer.school.advocates.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/09\/summer.school.advocates.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you complete the 5 part series, you&#8217;ll find your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/09\/nl.0901.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">certificate here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Need <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A Pocket Manual for Advocates<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">?<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Get a free download<\/span><\/span>&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A lay advocate can be a parent, family member, friends, a teacher, or a professional advocate.<\/p>\n<p>Lay advocates are those willing to provide support to parents, from simple hand-holding and organizing paperwork, to attending important meetings, to taking notes.  Lay advocates are not associated with the legal profession, but can be paid or volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>This information (and much more) comes from the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightword.com\/advocacy_manual.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pocket Manual for Advocates<\/span><\/a><\/strong> written by Janie Bowman and Debbie Lynn Sorrells at Brightword. <a href=\" http:\/\/www.brightword.com\/advocacy_manual.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Download the manual<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.brightword.com\/advocacy_manual.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> http:\/\/www.brightword.com\/advocacy_manual.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this advocacy manual you&#8217;ll find shared experiences, information and resources for lay advocates, and information about advocacy training. You&#8217;ll also find information to help you make the right decision when selecting a lay advocate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Advocacy Resources<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A crisis can hit without warning! How do you prepare? Join several organizations in order to receive their national, state, and local newsletters. Read about and understand the law. Know how to write an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) and become an expert in the global nature of your child&#8217;s abilities, disabilities, the law, IEPs, tests &amp; measurements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Where Do You Begin? Get the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightword.com\/advocacychecklist.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Advocacy Resource Checklist<\/span><\/a> from Brightword<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Advocacy Training<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You hope it never happens yet you know it eventually will\u2014 a school crisis. You\u2019ve attended multiple IEP meetings, are on good terms with your child\u2019s teacher, and advocate for others in your school district. You\u2019ve attended multiple conferences and trainings, and have a bookshelf devoted to books about special education and your child\u2019s disability. You\u2019re prepared. But now, here you are\u2014a school crisis. 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